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Synonyms for cringe in English

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cringe:
- shrink; recoil; flinch; funk; quail; wince; cringe; squinch; creep; fawn; crawl; grovel; cower

English

Detailed Synonyms for cringe in English

cringe:

cringe verb

cringe

– draw back, as with fear or pain ¹
to shrink; to recoil; to flinch; funk; quail; wince; cringe; squinch
– draw back, as with fear or pain ¹
- shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
- recoil verb (recoils, recoiled, recoiling)
- flinch verb (flinches, flinched, flinching)
  - she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf¹
- funk verb
- quail verb
- wince verb
- cringe verb
- squinch verb
cringe

– show submission or fear ¹
to creep; to fawn; to crawl; grovel; cower; cringe
– show submission or fear ¹
- creep verb (creeps, crept, creeping)
- fawn verb (fawns, fawned, fawning)
- crawl verb (crawls, crawled, crawling)
- grovel verb
- cower verb
- cringe verb

Alternate Synonyms for "cringe":

flinch; squinch; funk; shrink; wince; recoil; quail; move
fawn; crawl; creep; cower; grovel; bend; flex

Related Definitions for "cringe":

draw back, as with fear or pain¹
show submission or fear¹

Related Synonyms for cringe

cringe to

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